Total In-House Passenger, Cargo and Aircraft Handling Employee Equivalents
1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020
American              32,304              32,208              32,490              31,700              34,093              35,066              33,750              35,362              30,345              26,976              26,340              26,014              25,887              25,046              24,002              23,246              23,237              21,589              18,666              19,279              32,372              32,143              32,191              31,148              31,307              24,678
Continental              10,459              10,782              11,824              13,122              14,143              14,925              15,032              14,111              13,778              13,416              13,557              14,275              14,870              14,735              13,888              13,250              13,160                       -                         -                         -                         -                         -                         -                         -                         -                         -  
Delta              26,658              23,354              27,512              29,681              31,127              31,260              30,447              19,711              17,760              17,279              16,507              14,792              15,957              15,627              15,369              24,992              26,147              26,493              26,446              26,627              27,388              27,511              27,784              28,152              28,407              20,776
Northwest              18,037              19,088              19,289              20,147              20,627              20,842              20,359              18,645              17,309              16,656              15,204              12,956              12,008              11,749                9,263                       -                         -                         -                         -                         -                         -                         -                         -                         -                         -                         -  
United              26,066              27,811              19,957              21,852              19,149              18,947              17,606              29,658              20,887              29,114              26,090              25,306              25,086              22,523              21,049              20,513              20,923              42,263              43,700              40,825              39,591              41,841              37,697              39,249              41,347              34,271
US Airways              15,061              14,501              14,532              14,226              14,333              15,094              12,157              11,632                9,616              10,449                8,404                7,309              13,555              12,331              11,173              10,738              10,530              10,389              10,571              11,101                       -                         -                         -                         -                         -                         -  
America West                3,120                4,029                4,204                4,560                4,780                4,874                4,173                4,404                4,724                5,251                3,843                4,113                       -                         -                         -                         -                         -                         -                         -                         -                         -                         -                         -                         -                         -                         -  
 --sub Network            131,705            131,773            129,808            135,288            138,252            141,008            133,524            133,523            114,419            119,141            109,945            104,765            107,363            102,011              94,744              92,739              93,997            100,734              99,383              97,832              99,351            101,495              97,672              98,549            101,061              79,725
Southwest              11,083              13,190              14,392                       -                15,082              15,458              16,070              17,266              17,220              15,310              14,368              14,524              14,973              15,228              14,504              13,985              14,855              18,049              16,938              18,158              19,246              20,414              22,429              22,250              22,736              19,032
AirTran                       -                         -                     100                   965                1,488                1,458                1,523                1,768                2,150                2,198                2,338                2,709                3,032                2,987                2,988                2,925                2,811                       -                         -                         -                         -                         -                         -                         -                         -                         -  
jetBlue                       -                         -                         -                         -                         -                         -                  1,086                1,465                1,854                2,394                2,918                3,704                3,976                4,200                4,513                4,911                4,933                5,098                5,153                5,312                5,817                6,110                6,574                6,639                6,664                4,734
Alaska                3,203                3,575                3,988                4,146                4,433                4,548                4,768                4,793                4,533                4,003                3,867                3,415                3,547                3,627                3,387                3,061                2,874                2,900                2,886                3,122                3,509                3,631                4,284                4,952                4,945                4,444
Virgin America                2,672                2,673                       -                         -                         -                         -                         -                         -                         -                         -                         -                         -                         -                        26                   413                   452                   525                   547                   582                   632                   651                   693                   775                       -                         -                         -  
Hawaiian                   677                   804                   821                   859                      55                1,199                1,170                1,170                1,170                1,277                1,163                1,255                1,291                       -                  1,582                1,673                1,908                2,064                2,154                2,217                2,223                2,534                2,749                3,036                2,944                1,599
 --sub Hybrid              17,635              20,242              19,301                5,970              21,058              22,663              24,617              26,462              26,927              25,182              24,654              25,607              26,819              26,068              27,387              27,007              27,906              28,658              27,713              29,441              31,446              33,382              36,811              36,877              37,289              29,809
Allegiant                       -                         -                         -                         -                         -                         -                         -                         -                        62                   177                   185                   303                   391                   428                   480                   421                   298                   289                   355                   290                   315                   327                   357                   560                   582                   551
Frontier                   104                   143                   206                   387                   639                   584                   962                   966                1,358                1,711                1,588                1,732                2,586                2,709                2,564                1,677                1,670                1,890                1,243                1,570                1,393                1,684                1,914                2,245                2,693                2,702
Spirit                      86                   108                      16                       -                        24                   743                   776                1,026                1,088                   959                   771                   671                   601                   589                   538                   663                   547                   609                   414                   484                   307                   302                   351                   335                   370                   404
 -- sub ULCC                   190                   251                   222                   387                   663                1,327                1,738                1,992                2,508                2,847                2,544                2,706                3,578                3,726                3,582                2,761                2,515                2,788                2,012                2,344                2,015                2,313                2,622                3,140                3,645                3,657
Total All Sectors            149,530            152,266            149,331            141,645            159,973            164,998            159,879            161,977            143,854            147,170            137,143            133,078            137,760            131,805            125,713            122,507            124,418            132,180            129,108            129,617            132,812            137,190            137,105            138,566            141,995            113,191
Note: Shaded data means data appear questionable.  
Data Source:  US DOT Form 41 via BTS, Schedule P10.